Ezekiel 24:6
in Ezekiel 24Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the city of bloodshed, to the pot now rusted, whose rust will not come off! Empty it piece by piece; cast no lots for its contents.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Wherefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the bloody city, to the caldron whose rust is therein, and whose rust is not gone out of it! take out of it piece after piece; No lot is fallen upon it.
KJV
Wherefore thus saith the Lord God; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it.
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This verse in Ezekiel 24
Commentary
9 notes on this verseLet no lot fall upon it - Pull out the flesh indiscriminately; let no piece be chosen for king or priest; thus showing that all should be involved in one indiscriminate ruin.
This site's exposition
Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein
on Ezekiel 24:6-8
Fairbairn reads the detail of blood set upon the top of a rock as the chapter's sharpest legal point. The law required spilled blood to be covered. Barnes notes the exposed blood functions as a standing accusation, the city's own crime left uncovered until judgment answers it.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Chapter 24, Verse 1 onwards) Then in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 'Son of man, write down the name of this day, this very day. The king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem this very day.
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
Whose scum - Her wickedness is still within her. Piece by piece - One piece after another 'till all be consumed. No lot - Lots are for saving some, but here shall be no sparing any.
Wherefore thus saith the Lord God, woe to the bloody city,....
But here is no line, no lot of mercy, made use of; all goes one way, and that is to destruction. [3.] When all the broth is boiled away the pot is set empty upon the coals, that it may burn too, which signifies the setting of the city on fire,
By the sign of Ezekiel's not mourning for the death of his wife is shown that the calamities coming upon Jerusalem were too great to be lamented, so great that they should sink down under them into a silent despair,
2 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
In former carryings away of captives, lots were cast to settle who were to go, and who to stay, but now all alike are to be cast out without distinction of rank, age, or sex.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Scum - Better, rust (and in Eze 24:11-12). Bring it out piece by piece - It, the city; bring out the inhabitants, one by one, clear the city of them, whether by death, exile, or captivity. Let no lot fall upon it - In the captivity of Jehoiakim and in that of Jehoiachin, some were taken, others left. Now all shall be removed.
The words behind it
23 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לָכֵ֞ן | lakhen | <to> therefore | H3651 → | 771 times |
| כֹּה־ | koh- | thus | H3541 → | 577 times |
| אָמַ֣ר׀ | ʾamar | he says | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֲדֹנָ֣י | ʾadonai | [the] Lord | H136 → | 440 times |
| יְהֹוִ֗ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3069 → | 306 times |
| אוֹי֮ | 'O | woe! | H188 → | 24 times |
| עִ֣יר | ʾir | [the] city of | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| הַדָּמִים֒ | hadamim | <the> blood<s> | H1818 → | 360 times |
| סִ֚יר | sir | a pot | H5518 → | 34 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| חֶלְאָתָ֣ה | chelatah | rust its | H2457 → | 5 times |
| בָ֔הּ | vah | [is] in it | ||
| וְחֶ֨לְאָתָ֔הּ | vechelatah | and rust its | H2457 → | 5 times |
| לֹ֥א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יָצְאָ֖ה | yatzeah | it has gone out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| מִמֶּ֑נָּה | mimenah | from it | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| לִנְתָחֶ֤יהָ | lintacheiha | to piece of meat its | H5409 → | 13 times |
| לִנְתָחֶ֙יהָ֙ | lintacheiha | to piece of meat its | H5409 → | 13 times |
| הוֹצִיאָ֔הּ | hotziah | take out it | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| נָפַ֥ל | nafal | it has fallen | H5307 → | 435 times |
| עָלֶ֖יהָ | ʾaleiha | on it | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| גּוֹרָֽל׃ | goral | a lot | H1486 → |
לָכֵ֞ן<to> therefore
lakhenH3651 →771 times
כֹּה־thus
koh-H3541 →577 times
אָמַ֣ר׀he says
ʾamarH559 →5305 times
אֲדֹנָ֣י[the] Lord
ʾadonaiH136 →440 times
יְהֹוִ֗הYahweh
yahwehH3069 →306 times
אוֹי֮woe!
'OH188 →24 times
עִ֣יר[the] city of
ʾirH5892 →1090 times
הַדָּמִים֒<the> blood<s>
hadamimH1818 →360 times
סִ֚ירa pot
sirH5518 →34 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
חֶלְאָתָ֣הrust its
chelatahH2457 →5 times
בָ֔הּ[is] in it
vah
וְחֶ֨לְאָתָ֔הּand rust its
vechelatahH2457 →5 times
לֹ֥אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
יָצְאָ֖הit has gone out
yatzeahH3318 →1067 times
מִמֶּ֑נָּהfrom it
mimenahH4480 →1188 times
לִנְתָחֶ֤יהָto piece of meat its
lintacheihaH5409 →13 times
לִנְתָחֶ֙יהָ֙to piece of meat its
lintacheihaH5409 →13 times
הוֹצִיאָ֔הּtake out it
hotziahH3318 →1067 times
לֹא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
נָפַ֥לit has fallen
nafalH5307 →435 times
עָלֶ֖יהָon it
ʾaleihaH5921 →5755 times
גּוֹרָֽל׃a lot
goralH1486 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Nahum 3:1Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without prey.
it leads to
- Hosea 4:2
Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Zephaniah 3:1–3
Woe to the city of oppressors, rebellious and defiled!
- Habakkuk 2:12
Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by iniquity!
- Ezekiel 22:2–3
“As for you, son of man, will you judge her? Will you pass judgment on the city of bloodshed? Then confront her with all her abominations
- Ezekiel 24:6–9
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the city of bloodshed, to the pot now rusted, whose rust will not come off! Empty it piece by piece; cast no lots for…
- Hosea 4:2
Through
Obadiah 1:11On the day you stood aloof while strangers carried off his wealth and foreigners entered his gate and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were just like one of them.
it leads to
- Psalms 137:7
Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”
- Nahum 3:10
Yet she became an exile; she went into captivity. Her infants were dashed to pieces at the head of every street. They cast lots for her dignitaries, and all her nobles were bound in…
- Psalms 137:7
Through
Ezekiel 22:27Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 22:13
Now look, I strike My hands together against your unjust gain and against the blood you have shed in your midst.
- Ezekiel 22:13
About Ezekiel
This page draws on 9 works. Open the list of works
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Patrick Fairbairn, An Exposition of Ezekiel.